Hinged lift type

This drawbridge has towers with counterweights and wheels pulling down with ropes between the bascule draw and the huge trussed tower. some bridges have the operators house mounted inside the tower which was constructed in the 1800's not many are constructed today.

MILW - Kinnickinnic River Lift Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)Replaced in 1898Lost Stringer bridge over Kinnickinnic River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RailroadReplaced by a new bridge